Vet Visit - Council engage a visiting vet twice a year to attend to domestic animals across the region (Specific dates to be advised).

Food safety and awareness

inspect and monitor food handling, transport and point of sale on commercial operations

provide food safety awareness throughout the community.

FREE ONLINE FOOD SAFETY TRAINING

The Torres Strait Island Regional Council takes food hygiene within our region very seriously. All food businesses and food sellers have obligations and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council is assisting food businesses to meet these obligations by providing free access to this exciting new training tool. This training is available by clicking here.

Health promotion

provide advice and increase awareness of environmental health issues through education and awareness of hygiene, pest management and waste management.

Compliance

assess and monitor local law compliance

conduct enforcement action when required

monitor waste management

monitor drinking water

enforce biosecurity legislation.

Pest management

provide advice and treatments for the control and eradication of pests, including mosquitos, fleas, ticks and feral animals

implement the Regional Biosecurity Strategy

Implement the Mosquito Management Plan.

We deliver Environmental Health and Animal Management services under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Program with funding assistance from the Queensland Government.